Catalog of an exhibition of Chinese silks from the Náprstek Museum in Prague, with text in Czech and a German summary. It covers the history of silk and China's links with Europe, types of silk fabrics and embroideries, Qing dynasty court and ordinary dress and accessories, and the symbolism of motifs on Chinese silks. A numbered catalog describes garments, rank badges, skirts, tobacco pouches, hangings and pictures, giving materials, techniques, motifs, dimensions, dates and collection numbers. Further sections describe traditional silk production, with maps of the Silk Road and illustrations, plus weave-structure diagrams and embroidery stitch diagrams, and line drawings of hierarchical, Taoist, Buddhist and auspicious symbols.